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Some calm returns after January’s exodus

In January, net selling of emerging market securities by global ETFs and mutual funds was larger than in any month since last June according to EPFR Global. But timelier daily data from six stock exchanges in Emerging Asia show that demand for equities in this region at least has recovered a little in February. This is hardly surprising given that a lot of bad news now appears to be priced into emerging market assets.

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